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Home Exercise Program Improves Pain, Function, and Medication Use In Patients With Shoulder Pain

June 19, 2020

Physical Therapy strengthening exercises remain the first line treatment for patients with shoulder diagnoses including impingement and rotator cuff pain. While immediate gains in range of motion and pain can be found using spinal and extremity manual therapy interventions, long term outcomes are achieved through a focused strength training program. Exercises are prescribed to target...

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How Long Will It Take For My Rotator Cuff Tear To Improve?

July 11, 2020

Shoulder pain is a common occurrence affecting 2/3 of adults and is one of the top three reasons patients will seek care from a primary care physician or Physical Therapist. The most probable reason for shoulder pain remains rotator cuff pain including impingement, rotator cuff tendon pain, and rotator cuff tears. Research studies on MRI...

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Early Physical Therapy After Rotator Cuff Repair Is Associated With Improved Mobility And Outcomes

July 16, 2022

Rotator cuff repair is a common surgical procedures for middle to older age adults who reports shoulder pain and significant limitations in daily and recreational activities despite a course of early Physical Therapy. Early treatment by a Boulder Physical Therapist can prevent the need for surgery after a rotator cuff diagnosis, but in some individuals...

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Large full Thickness Rotator Cuff Tears Which Remain Symptomatic Are Most Likely To Progress Without Surgery

July 16, 2022

Physical Therapy has been shown to be equally effective to surgery for some types of rotator cuff tears up to 5 years after diagnosis. In our Boulder Physical Therapy practice, many of our patients with rotator cuff tears do very well without surgery and are able to return to full function after treatment. Patients with...

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Improving Knee Pain In Jumping Athletes

November 11, 2022

The knee is subjected to the biomechanics of the adjacent hip and ankle due to its’ location between two long bones lower extremity. These long levers can contribute significantly to a patient’s knee symptoms. In our Boulder Physical Therapy and Lafayette Physical Therapy offices we commonly evaluate and treat the adjacent joints in the lower...

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No Difference In Outcomes Between Early vs. Delayed Surgery For Rotator Cuff Tears

January 5, 2023

Rotator cuff tears are a common injury in middle to older aged adults seen in our Boulder Physical Therapy and Lafayette Physical Therapy clinics and can be atraumatic or traumatic in nature. Traumatic rotator cuff tears often occur following a fall, acute sports injury, or can be an acute on chronic tear in nature. This...

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The Importance Of Neck Strengthening In Patients With Neck Pain

December 21, 2018

Neck pain is a common source of musculoskeletal pain with up to 70% of Americans experiencing neck pain at some point in their lives. In the early or acute phases of pain, hands on treatment including spinal manipulation and joint mobilization have been shown to reduce pain and disability due to neck symptoms. If left...

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Higher Amounts Of Exercise Correlated With Greater Reductions In Neck Pain

January 28, 2019

With the hypervigilance in abstaining from opioid prescriptions due to the opioid crisis, there has been an effort in determining alternate ways of providing analgesic effects for those in chronic pain. One of the most consistent modalities to help benefit with treatment is exercise. There has been many studies exploring the analgesic effect of exercise...

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Manual Therapy And Exercise Superior To Usual Care For Patients With Neck Pain

October 19, 2019

Neck pain will affect up to 70% of the population at some point in their lifetimes. Thankfully the vast majority of these cases are not serious in nature and will improve with conservative treatments including Physical Therapy. Within Physical Therapy, a manual therapy (mobilization and manipulation) and strengthening exercise approach has been shown to be...

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Which Muscles Should I Strengthen For Neck Pain?

January 6, 2020

The muscles of the neck are responsible for movements of the head and shoulder blade, as well as, stabilization of the head on the neck during daily activities. These muscles must be capable of both low repetition, high force contractions as well as high repetition, low force contractions to accomplish these tasks. Patient’s with neck...

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Home Exercise Program Improves Pain, Function, and Medication Use In Patients With Shoulder Pain

How Long Will It Take For My Rotator Cuff Tear To Improve?

Early Physical Therapy After Rotator Cuff Repair Is Associated With Improved Mobility And Outcomes

Large full Thickness Rotator Cuff Tears Which Remain Symptomatic Are Most Likely To Progress Without Surgery

Improving Knee Pain In Jumping Athletes

No Difference In Outcomes Between Early vs. Delayed Surgery For Rotator Cuff Tears

The Importance Of Neck Strengthening In Patients With Neck Pain

Higher Amounts Of Exercise Correlated With Greater Reductions In Neck Pain

Manual Therapy And Exercise Superior To Usual Care For Patients With Neck Pain

Which Muscles Should I Strengthen For Neck Pain?

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